Brazil military fights Amazon fires as G7 leaders agree to send urgent help

As massive fires torch the Amazon, Brazilians are protesting against Bolsonaro's policies which they say are doing irreparable damage to the world's largest rainforest

View of a cattle with fire behind in the Amazon rainforest near Novo Progresso, Para state in Brazil as new fires break out. August 25, 2019.

Swathes of the remote region bordering Bolivia have been scorched by the blazes, sending thick smoke billowing into the sky and increasing air pollution across the world's largest rainforest, which is seen as crucial to mitigating climate change. Johnson pledged $12.3 million would be made available immediately to help restore the habitat, including areas that have been hit by the fires, the statement, released at the G7 summit in the French resort of Biarritz, said.

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